Author Archives: Greg Schain

Too bad college basketball games are 40 minutes long. Or, in the case of Tuesday night’s game, 45. The Bruins played admirably for 35 minutes in their season opener Tuesday night, but it was the final 10 minutes that cost them the victory in an 86-81 overtime loss to San Diego in front of 6,845 […]

There are no more excuses. No longer can the UCLA basketball team write off poor, low-energy performances as preseason experiments designed to give everyone playing time, rather than win. And no longer can out-of-sync offensive and defensive efforts be attributed to the fact that the games don’t count in the standings. Starting with tonight’s season […]

UCLA’s fans didn’t see much offense played last night. Nor did they see much defense, energy or heart from the Bruin squad. In fact, the most passionate and entertaining performance given for the 3,379 fans at Pauley Pavilion last night was probably by the UCLA marching band. In an embarassing display of sloppiness and disunity, […]

It looks as if UCLA needs Dan Gadzuric back. Last week, Branch West’s center, Horacio Llamas, exploded for 15 points, 10 rebounds and four assists against the Bruins. His performance not only contributed to the 25-point Bruin loss, but it also helped expose the gaping hole that UCLA has without an experienced true center roaming […]

Despite the plethora of dark horrors for UCLA Wednesday night, there was a glimmer of hope for its upcoming season: the inspired play of senior guard Ray Young, especially in the first half. Young scored the last 11 points for UCLA before halftime, and finished the half with 13, going 6 for 9 from the […]

Someone tell Captain Helmet to dust off his basketball headgear. The preseason No. 12 Bruins make their first public appearance tonight in their exhibition opener against Branch West, a team of former midlevel college players who have so far this season gotten blown out by Miami (OH) (91-76), San Diego State (83-72), and Mississippi State […]

First it was the University of Texas-El Paso in 1999. Then it was Fresno State after last season. And in October it was UTEP again. It seems that UCLA assistant coach Jim Saia’s name always gets thrown around whenever there is a coaching vacancy in Division I basketball, but the talented assistant has yet to […]